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Dartford

Name: Dartford punctuality
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Trains at Dartford arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 359 timed arrivals out of 444 services; 89% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

89%
within 5 min, of 359: 2 min
late on average: 0
cancelled, of 444

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Next departures

Board as of 10:10 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Gravesend
09:56 · Platform 4 · updated 10:1009:56Departed

Rainham (Kent)
10:00 · Platform 4 (expected) · updated 10:0910:1212 min late

London Victoria
10:01 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0910:1211 min late

London Charing Cross
10:05 · Platform 1 · updated 10:0310:05On time

Gravesend
10:07 · Platform 4 (expected) · updated 10:0810:08On time

London Cannon Street
10:09 · Platform 3 (expected) · updated 10:0910:10On time

Luton
10:16 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:0810:16On time

London Charing Cross
10:20 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0910:24On time

All 40 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Dartford arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 359 timed arrivals out of 444 services; 89% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 3 min. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 444 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 18:00–19:00 (27 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Dartford, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	444	444	444
Within 5 minutes	89% of 359	89% of 359	89% of 359
Average delay	2 min of 359	2 min of 359	2 min of 359
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	3 min	3 min	3 min
Cancelled	0 of 444	0 of 444	0 of 444
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	1% of 444	1% of 444	1% of 444
Busiest hour	18:00–19:00 (27)	18:00–19:00 (27)	18:00–19:00 (27)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

Dartford to London Charing Cross64 services · 78% within 5 min of 54
Dartford to London Cannon Street37 services · 100% within 5 min of 30

Routes to here

London Charing Cross to Dartford66 services · 86% within 5 min of 58
London Cannon Street to Dartford41 services · 94% within 5 min of 34

Operators

Southeastern2,201 calls in the last 30 days
Thameslink422 calls in the last 30 days
Other operator5 calls in the last 30 days

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About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: DFD
Coordinates: 51.4475, 0.2176

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.